A treatise on the police of the metropolis; :

containing a detail of the various crimes and misdemeanors by which public and private property and security are, at present, injured and endangered: and suggesting remedies for their prevention. /
By P. Colquhoun ...
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Colquhoun, Patrick, 1745-1820.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: London: : Printed by H. Baldwin and Son ... for Joseph Mawman ... successor to Mr. Dilly., 1800.
Edition:The sixth edition, corrected and considerably enlarged.
Subjects:
Notes:Author's name follows edition statement on t.p.

There are at least two printings of this edition known to exist. There are variant press figures throughout each printing. One printing has its first press figure on p. [11] at front: 1. This printing has a printer's colophon on the final page of the index. The other printing has its first press figure on p. [10] at front: 2. This printing has the same printer's colophon on p. 655 and on the final page of the index.

HRC has a copy of each printing. Copy 1 and 3 are the first printing; copy 2 is the latter printing.

With a half-title.

Page [16] at front, and p. [1] & [33] at end are blank.

Advertisement on p. [15] at front.

Index: p. [2]-[32] at end.

The folded leaves are tables.

Physical description: [16], xvi, 655, [33] p., [2] folded leaves ; 22 cm. (8vo)

Citations/References: ESTC t140606

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